Barbeau Peak is the highest peak east
of the Rockies in North America. Barbeau is part of the Grant
Land Mountains and is located within the confines of 37 800 square
kilometer Ellemere Island National Park Reserve. Ellesmere is
far and away Canada's most northerly point and Barbeau is one
of our most northely mountains. Located only 800km from the North
Pole and a scant 100km from the NW coast of Greenland, Ellesmere
goes a long way to re-defining the word remote.

One must negotiate deep and long crevasses, razor thin ridges
and fight the highly variable weather to achieve Barbeau's summit.
Fewer people have summitted this peak than K2 and it is not simply
because of its remoteness... it is a challenging climb even for
experienced mountaineers.

Barbeau
Peak
2,616 metres
8,583 feet

· Barbeau was first climbed by an Englishman:
Geoff Hattersley-Smith in 1967

Altitude

2,616 m, 8,583 f

Location

81° 54' 30" N
- 75° 01' 30" W

81° 54' 53" N - 75° 00'
33" W (as per WGS 84)

NTS Map

340 D15 Tanquary Fiord 34OD

Calendar

May – June 15 for
landing close to summit
June – July for trekking from Hazen

In Nunavut in the Baffin Region, the Queen Elizabeth Islands
(named after the queen in 1953), located in northern part
of the Arctic Archipelago, have Ellesmere Island, the worlds
tenth largest island. Ellesmere is located in Quttinirpaaq
National Park [ kh?t tee neelk p?r násh?n’l
p?rk which is the world's most northerly park. Quttinirpaaq
National Park, Nunavut, size 37 775 km2, was established
as a national park reserve in 1988 and was established as
a national park in 1999. Canada's second largest national
park, Quttinirpaaq, is located on the northern tip of the
most northerly piece of land in North America. Its name
means "top of the world" in the language of the
Inuit.

The highest point in the Arctic Archipelago and the
highest mountain in eastern North America. is Barbeau
Peak in the British Empire Range. The mountain was named
in 1969 for Dr. Marius Barbeau (1883-1969), a Canadian
anthropologist whose researches into the Indian and Inuit
cultures helped preserve them from oblivion and gained
him international acclaim.

Routes

Fly into Alert bay or Resolute from
Edmonton or Ottawa with First Air or Air Canada.

Charter a twin otter which can carry up to 10 people and
equipment for a cost of around $30,000 to Ellesmere Island.
Land on ice cap (2-3 days to summit) northside and use as
base camp or fly into Lake Hazen Camp (65km from summit)

Descent – trek out. Head west 15 km then south heading
for Air Force Glacier. About 35 km stay to left side at
the bottom. Cross Airforce river heading to Tanquary Fiord
(75 km from summit).